inGenious is the European Coordinating Body in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education. It is a joint initiative launched by European Schoolnet and the European Roundtable of Industrialists (ERT) aiming to reinforce young European's interest in science education and careers and thus address anticipated future skills gaps within the European Union.

Through a strategic partnership between major industries and Ministries of Education, inGenious has the objective of increasing the links between science education and careers, by involving up to 1,000 classrooms throughout Europe.

With a grant of €8 million from the European Commission's 7th Framework Programme over a 3-year period, and the support of 42 partners from 20 countries, including seven major industries, inGenious is one of the largest and most strategic projects in science education undertaken in Europe. inGenious aims to increase young Europeans' interest in STEM education and careers, addressing two challenges: lack of interest in these subjects and future skills gaps.

All the actions undertaken in inGenious aim to improve the image of STEM careers among young people and encourage them to think about the wide range of interesting opportunities that STEM can bring to their lives in the future.

Pupils at Kytöpuiston (primary school) in Finland learn about technology and team building with Intel's Skoool Football activity

inGenious website

Visit ingenious-science.eu and keep up to date with the latest news about STEM education and careers.

Learn about the educational activities industry has developed to help pupils understand the world of work and hear from teachers who are piloting industry education activities.

Discover which organisations in your country are participating in inGenious and join the inGeniousTeacher Community and Partner Community. Over the lifetime of inGenious a repository of good practice from all over Europe will be produced and shared with community members through the website.

The work presented in this document is supported by the European Union(s Framework Programme for Research and Development (FP7) - project ECB: European Coordinating Body in Maths, Science and Technology (Grant agreement N± 266622). The content of this document is the sole responsibility of the Consortium Members and it does not represent the opinion of the European Union and the European Union is not responsible or liable for any use that might be made of information contained herein.